North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been re-elected as president of the State Affairs Commission, the highest position in the country's main political body, created in 2016 and considered the supreme authority in North Korea, according to the state-run KCNA news agency. His re-election took place on the eve of the first session of the new legislature of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang, following the mid-March parliamentary elections. This marks Kim's third consecutive term as head of the State Affairs Commission. The leader of the reclusive regime also serves as the General Secretary of the Workers' Party. Although the topic was not touched upon, it was previously reported that he received 99.3% of the vote, and Kim warned that he would seek out the remaining 0.07% to make them change their minds. At the same time, the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, stated that his country will consider South Korea its 'most hostile state' and denounced that the United States is carrying out 'state-sponsored terrorism and aggression'. Addressing his southern neighbor, Kim announced that he will reject Seoul and will ignore it completely through explicit words and actions, according to the official North Korean news agency KCNA. Additionally, he declared that his country will make South Korea 'pay the price' without mercy for its provocative acts and that it will never remain a passive observer to any attempt to violate its sovereignty, security interests, or right to development.
